Monthly Archives: August 2009

Ahh… to be able to cook food of my own, according to my own tastes, made with the ingredients I’m used to. And back with Wegmans. Oh Wegmans… when I came to Rochester, I was no believer in those who touted your awesomeness. Now I know better. When I asked them for Edam cheese I got a lesson in German cheeses. (more…)

Ahh… to be able to cook food of my own, according to my own tastes, made with the ingredients I’m used to. And back with Wegmans. Oh Wegmans… when I came to Rochester, I was no believer in those who touted your awesomeness. Now I know better. When I asked them for Edam cheese I got a lesson in German cheeses. (more…)

I finished the IEMS site and we took it live on Monday. There was a lot of struggling with cross-browser issues (it’s really nice that my copy of Safari 4 is Acid3 compliant, but it makes it all the more frustrating when the other browsers aren’t so good at following the rules)… So it’s still getting polished up. (more…)

I’m crazy about typography. I wish I could get more practice with it, but I have yet to learn how to embed fonts in my website coding, and anyway my class projects are usually on too short a timeline for me to really work the type. I guess that’s something I’ve got to work on this year! I’m always psyched when I run across beautiful (more…)

Not much news from Ellenland this week – like everywhere else it seems, it’s been hot and sticky, alternating rain and disgustingly humid partly-sunny days. Over the weekend I caught up with some of my friends who are either in town for the summer or were passing through. Peggy’s archaeology trip to Peru was marred by (more…)

Tuesday night, my parents and I danced in Bloomington, about an hour away from where my parents live, since the club at home folded. The caller was reasonable (speaking English helps, I have to say), and there were enough people that there were two squares every time. Unfortunately, they all seemed to be married couples, so I sat out the last tip. Surprise, surprise, (more…)

So, I kept careful track of my spending in Europe, both so I could give Debbie data on how much a student spent while on her study abroad program, and to keep track of my money vs. my parents’ money, since they covered my rent, food, and the transportation to and from Germany. (more…)

I finally met again with my mom and wrapped up a project for her personal chef business, Come Home To Dinner, designing sample menus with which she can inspire her clients. She wrote up the content and spent hourslooking through photos to pick the right ones. With my consulting we assembled the content, photos, and approved font choices, into a clean and classy (more…)

Bio

The name's Ellen Rockett. I'm a digital designer and I strive to be unique at every chance. I'm an acknowledged lover of geek things.

I started this blog in 2009 to document my time studying at the Bauhaus in Germany, and it's kept going since then: I feature my projects and document my daily life, travel, and photography excursions.